Operation Midland (7)

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor is the allegation by former high court judge Sir Richard Henriques that officers of the Metropolitan Police provided false evidence to obtain search warrants in this case, true?1
1https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7303523/Home-Secretary-call-head-police-watchdog-175-000-boss-faces-grilling.html

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Midland (9)

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor have any police officers have been permitted to prematurely retire to avoid disciplinary action for the role they played in the Operation Midland enquiry?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Midland (8)

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor if he supports the call by ex-MP Harvey Proctor for a full investigation into the manner in the actions of the police in this case?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Searches on the MPS Facial Recognition System in 2019

Sian Berry: How many facematch searches have been conducted on the Facial Recognition System used by the Metropolitan Police Service in 2017, 2018 and 2019?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Midland (10)

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor what has been the total cost to the taxpayer of Operation Midland?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Metropolitan Police - UAV/Drone

Gareth Bacon: It was reported that, in July, the Metropolitan Police would trial the use of drones/UAVs to monitor road users. Can you confirm whether this trial went ahead, which behaviours the drones were used to monitor, and provide details on the number of fines, penalty points, cautions or any other resulting enforcement action?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Midland (11)

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor whether the Metropolitan Police intends to bring criminal charges against any individual involved in Operation Midland?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Notting Hill Carnival

Susan Hall: For this year’s Notting Hill Carnival, please provide the following:
• The number of arrests by offence type;
• The number of offensive weapons found;
• The cost of policing;
• The number of injuries suffered by police officers, broken down by serious and minor;
• The number of injuries suffered by the public, broken down by serious and minor;
• The number of police officers deployed on both days;
• The number of police staff deployed on both days;
• The number of police officers posted in each borough during the carnival
• A breakdown of where each police officer came from for the carnival e.g. each Borough, CT etc

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Tasers

Susan Hall: Please can you provide the the following information:
-How many police officers are equipped with tasers?
-How many police officers are being trained to use tasers?
-How many police officers have requested to use tasers?
-How many police officers are eligible to apply for a taser/taser training if they wanted one?
-What plans are there to equip Special Constables with tasers?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Helicopter image retention policy (3)

Sian Berry: In your answer to my question 2017/4364, you told me that the National Police Air Service (NPAS) would be introducing a retention policy for footage and images recorded by helicopter cameras for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in London by late January 2018. Could you now tell me: a) was this policy brought in, b) what is the retention period for non-evidential images, c) have all non-evidential images older than the retention period now been removed and permanently deleted, d) how many facial recognition searches have been conducted on images collected by NPAS, and e) what proportion of the database of images collected by NPAS is held as evidential images?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Wimbledon Police Station

Navin Shah: What impact, if any, has the judicial review on the sale of Wimbledon Police Station had on MOPAC’s ability to sell buildings it wants to dispose of?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Spit hoods use in custody suites (3)

Sian Berry: Thank you for your recent answer to my question 2018/3075 from 22 November 2018. However, this data did not include a breakdown within ethnicity of gender, and the ethnicity data contained repeated categories without explanation. Could you please provide an updated version of this dataset, which the cover sheet says was extracted on 15 April 2019 and covers the period up to 31 March 2019, to answer my question?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

MPS and DSEI arms fair 2017 (2)

Sian Berry: Thank you for your answer to my question 2017/3983. What was the final cost of policing the 2017 Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair, including overtime?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Policing the DSEI arms fair 2019

Sian Berry: What is the estimated cost of policing the 2019 Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair? Could you break this down by a) police officer shifts, b) police staff shifts, c) number of police officers, d) opportunity costs, e) overtime costs, f) non-pay costs, and g) costs recovered from event organisers?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Policing the DSEI arms fair 2019 (2)

Sian Berry: In answer to my question 2017/2222, you rightly told me that you are: "opposed to London being used as a market place for the trade of weapons to those countries that contribute to human rights abuses." Given the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair will be held again in London this year, and that it is being heavily promoted by the Government, for example to the Hong Kong authorities, will you ask the Government to pay for the extra policing provided by London around this event?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Homeless victims of crime, judicial outcomes

Sian Berry: In answer to my question 2018/2551, you told me that from 2013 to 2017 the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) recorded 18,099 victims of crime in London who were identified as homeless or with no fixed abode. Could you tell me how many victims of crime in London were homeless or had no fixed abode in 2018, and provide any information available about the judicial outcomes of these crimes?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

MPS Facial Recognition System (4)

Sian Berry: How many images are now stored by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on its Facial Recognition System and how many different individuals does this include?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Facial recognition at Kings Cross

Sian Berry: It was reported in the Guardian on 13 August 2019 that you had written to Robert Evans, the chief executive of the King’s Cross development, to: “request more information about exactly how this [facial recognition] technology is being used,” and that you asked for: “reassurance that you [Evans] have been liaising with government ministers and the Information Commissioner’s Office to ensure its use is fully compliant with the law as it stands.” Has there also been any liaison between Kings Cross and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) about the use of facial recognition on this site?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Begging in Oxford Street

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor what steps are being taken to tackle the permanent begging pitches which have been established in Oxford Street.

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Midland (2)

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor how much taxpayers’ money in total has been out paid in compensation to individuals falsely accused by Carl Beech?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Midland (3)

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor how many police officers have been disciplined in consequence of the role they played in the Operation Midland enquiry?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Midland (1)

Peter Whittle: On 22 July 2019, a two-month trial at Newcastle Crown Court ended with the conviction of Carl Beech on twelve counts of perverting the course of justice and one of fraud. He had spun a web of falsehoods naming dozens of men - alive and dead - from the world of politics, the army, and the security services, of murder and paedophilia.In my opinion, the Carl Beech saga shames the British justice system, with the Metropolitan Police uncritically believing the complainant. The credulity of police and politicians allowed a paedophile and a fantasist to drag innocent men’s names through the mud. Was the conduct of the Met’s detectives in this case driven by a misguided desire to secure high-profile political scalps?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Operation Midland (5)

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor whether any of the police officers in the Operation Midland enquiry broke the law?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Drugs testing facilities 1

Andrew Boff: The number of deaths from drug poisoning is at its highest level nationally since 1993.
Will you therefore ask the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to cooperate with efforts to establish drugs testing facilities in London such as those provided at festivals around the country by "The Loop".

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Smart Abuse

Susan Hall: For each of the years September 16 to August 17, September 17 to August 18 and September 18 to August 19, how many instances of ‘Smart Abuse’ have been recorded? Here is some info on this crime: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/rise-smart-abuse-ex-spying-tv/

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

MPS Twitter account

Joanne McCartney: The Metropolitan Police’s twitter account was recently hacked. What steps have been taken to ensure this does not happen again? What steps have been taken to ensure that all GLA family accounts are secure?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Police service in Uxbridge

Andrew Boff: What plans do you have to provide a permanent base for the Police service in Uxbridge?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Cuts to Community Road Watch funding

Caroline Russell: A constituent has been told by their relevant Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) contact that: “there has been a big change in the way Community Road Watch (CRW) operates, which has been agreed between the Met Police and Transport for London (TfL) who fund the scheme. Until further notice the scheme will only be able to accommodate 2 watches per borough per month. Additionally, each session is only allowed to be between 30-45 minutes duration.” Your Vision Zero action plan said you would support local interventions including enforcement, so why are you cutting back Community Road Watch?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Metropolitan Police Contracts (2)

Susan Hall: How much does the Metropolitan Police pay Premier Workplace Services per year?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Eurofins (3)

Susan Hall: How much does the Metropolitan Police pay Eurofins per year?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Free Speech

Peter Whittle: To ask the Mayor whether the current guidance on “hate incidents” given to forces in England and Wales by the College of Policing results in a ‘chilling of free speech’?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

MOPAC Building Disposals

Navin Shah: The November 2017 MOPAC Public Access Strategy provides a full list of buildings to be disposed of or exited. Can you provide the list in excel format, showing which properties you have exited, which you have disposed of and what the sale price was?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Spit hoods use in custody suites (2)

Sian Berry: Thank you for your recent answer to my question 2018/3075 from 22 November 2018.
How many people have had spit hoods used on them in custody suites since 3 August 2017 up to the most recent data available, including a breakdown of the different age groups, gender and ethnicity (with ethnicity also broken down by gender)?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Carl Beech

Tony Devenish: Will you guarantee that the Met will publish a full independently audited breakdown of all costs from the Carl Beech abuse fantasist enquiry , rather than the partial list offered to date ?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.

Freedom of the Press (2)

Peter Whittle: Mr Basu’s statement was a threat aimed at newspaper editors and reporters, encouraging them not to report a story, in which there was arguably, a demonstrable public interest. The police need to understand that the Official Secrets Act does not exist to protect any government from embarrassment. Has Mr Basu’s statement damaged the credibility of the Metropolitan Police?

The Mayor: Officers are drafting a response. Please be advised that there may be some delay as the information also requires input from functional bodies.